soft-pedal

soft-pedal

美  英

  • v.低调处理;降低…的调门;对…轻描淡写
  • n.(用以减弱音量的)钢琴踏板;减弱效果的东西
  • 网络弱音踏板

词形变化

第三人称单数:soft-pedals  现在分词:soft-pedalling  过去式:soft-pedalled  

反义词

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英汉双解

v.
1.
[t][i]
~ (on) sth
低调处理;降低…的调门;对…轻描淡写to treat sth as less serious or important than it really is
Television has been accused of soft-pedalling bad news.
有人指责电视对坏消息轻描淡写。

英汉解释

n.
1.
(用以减弱音量的)钢琴踏板;减弱效果的东西
v.
1.
在演奏...时使用减音踏板;降低(意见,批评等)调子;对...不予张扬,秘而不宣;禁止讨论

英英解释

v.

例句

There are a few upscale up rights in which the soft pedal works similarly to that of the grands.

只有少数的直立钢琴,弱音踏板的机制是与平台钢琴相同的。

Thora is an avid feminist so I decided to soft pedal the issue of women's rights while she was at the meeting.

索拉是个热心的女权运动提倡者,所以我决定她在场时不谈妇女权利的问题。

It will do well to soft-pedal expectations for its next meeting in London in April.

它最好淡化人们对明年4月伦敦峰会的预期。

Another bad habit is the over-use of the damper or soft pedal as discussed below.

另一个坏习惯是过度使用延音或弱音踏板,我们将在下面讨论。

You might think it wise to find ways to soft-pedal that one.

您或许需要在找寻弱化这一矛盾的方法上三思而行。